Concentrated embalming liquid.



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CARL B. DOLGE, OF WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT.

CONCENTRATED EMB AIMING LIQUID Specification 02 Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1908.

Application filed. Jane 9, 1906. Serial No. 320,992.

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL B. Donor, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Westport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Concentrated Embalming Liquid, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention, is of a new composition for embalming purposes, for use by undertakers in reserving dead bodies.

' t is the object of my invention, to produce a fluid essence or concentrated liquid, for the above purpose, which in many respects will be more convenient to ship, handle and use, than'the bulk fluids now u on the market; to provide a fluid which can beput up for the trade in small packages, and is adapted to be diluted with water for use, thereby producing many times the original quantity of fluid, and to further produce a more effective disinfectant and preservative, having greater cosmetic properties, which will be e ually or more efficient than anyv of the bu k fluids now open the market.

Wit the above and other minor objects in view myinvention resides and consists in the selection and compounding of certain well known ingredients as will be later more fully ex lained and then recited in the claims. I he majority of embalming fluids now upon the market are put out in liquid form, and usually in not smaller than half gallon bottles, one half to one gallon is about the average amount used in embalming the ordithis amount however, necessarily varies materially owing to the varying con ition and size of the different cases.

The usual method of using the embalming fluids now upon the market is to run it into the arteries and veins after the blood and ases have been extracted. It will therefore.

e apparent that to preserve bodies in this wa a considerable amount or bulk of mater alis necessary and it must also contain the necessary qualities to roduce a proper disinfectant, preservative, leacher, etc, as is required in the art. The fluid must also be sufficiently thin to insure its free and proper distribution throughout the several cavities of the body.

p The old form of embalming fluids were objectionable owingto the inconvenience and expense of putting up and handling them in centrated liquid mixture their bulky packages and consequently the trade has long since been in need of a concentrated embalniiiig preparation that could be put up in small original packages, and be mixed with a greater quantity of water just prior to use. Such a condensed pro aration. according to my knowledge is most esirable when produced in a liquid form, as it can more readily be taken from its receptacle and likewise is more easily mixed with the water,

besides possessing other minor advantages. 1 therefore elect to produce my new comound in the form of liquid and put it in small bottles, holding say about twelve ounces and ca sole of making a hall of agallon of fluid by at ding the necessary amount of water to it.

Some of the chemicals employed are solids, Whileothers are liquids, but aflreater roortion of the liquids are used therelore.

he solids are dissolved in the solution which will readily further dissolve and min when water is added to it.

After several years of experinicntin with various ingredients with a view of pro ucing a desirable concentrated fluid, 1. have se lected and compoundedthe following named chemicals and in substantially the proportions named: guaiacol,120 arts, commercia formaldehyde 3,000 and so t eter 960 parts. By commercial formaldehy e is meant the 40% solution of formaldch 'de commonly sold under the name of iornialdohyde. The foregoing ingredients form a concentrated liquid solution containing a part of the solve further when mixed with the necessary amount of water.

In reparing the concentrated solution the liquil s are mixed first, then the saltpetor is put into the bottle or receptacle in which it is to be sold; the right proportion ol' the 0011* is added to the saltpetcr and the bottle or receptacle is then closed with a cork and scaled to render it airtight,

The guaiacol and formaldehyde when combined and mixed with water will make an antiseptic solution of sul'iicicnt strength to embalm and preserve human bodies.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is l. A concentrated liquid for use in. em-

.baiming containin uaiassi 120 Darts, comiw sss amh balming, containing guaiacol, saltpeber and l Faiz'field and State of Connecticut this 7 3hcemmerclmformaldenyde.

flay June A. 1)., 1906. 2. concemmted liquld. for use 111 e111- CARL B DOLGE I 1 c I. v mercmi iormaidehy e, 3,000 aria saltpete-r Wmnesses: fiflparbs. C. M. NEWMAN,

Szgned at Bndgeport 111 the county of; RUTH RAYMOND. 

